Shoe-heeling jack.



No. 733,250. l PATBNTBD JULY '7, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HENRY MULLEN, JR., OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-HEELING JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,250, dated July 7, 1903.

Application filed September 28, 1901. Serial No. 76,886. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY MULLEN, Jr., a citizen ot the United States, and a resident ot the city of New York, (Vhitestone, borough of Queens) in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented anew and improved Shoe-Heeling Jack, of which the followingis a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in jacks and lasts used in fixing heels on shoes. In the ordinary devices for this purpose the last is held in place by means ot` a pin passing in a hole in the last directly in line with the heel, and therefore the last is weakened at this point and soon becomes broken.

It is the object of my present invention to provide a jack and a connection with the last whereby there will be practically no danger of splitting the last while fastening a heel.

l will describe a shoe-heeling jack embodying myinvention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of a jack and last embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a: of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a last employed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cap portion of the jack, and Fig. 5 is a'section on the line @j y of Fig. l.

The jack comprises a standard or post l, arranged in a heeling-machine in the usual manner, andv removably supported on the upper end ofthe standard is a cap-piece 2. This cap-piece is provided with a recess to receive the end of the standard, and it is suiiiciently loose thereon to be slightly tilted, so as to throw the last, with the shoe thereon, at a proper angle when the heel is pressed thereon, and opposite walls are flared outward and downward. As a means for tilting the cap I provide bars 3 4, which extend through channels formed in the opposite sides of the standard and have wedge-shaped ends 4,

which engage with the inclined walls of the cap, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The lower ends otthebars 3 and 4 are pivotally connected to a lever 5, mounted in the standard, the said connections of the bars with the lever being of course at opposite sides of the pivotal point of the lever, and pivoted to the bar 3 is a spring-pressed dog 5a, designed to engage with a rack 5b on the standard. The upper end ofthe cap 2 is made cup shaped or provided with a flange 6, designed to engage the sides of the last and prevent any lateral movement of the last relatively to the head. The portion ot the last engaging in this upper end of the cap may be reduced, as indicated at 7. At the front side of the cap 2 is a lug S, provided with a hole to receive apin 9, which enters an opening in the last 10. It will be seen that this pin 9 is located in the shank portion forward ot' the heel portion of the last, leaving the bearing portion of the last on the jack entirely solid. Therefore this heel portion is not weakened.

In operation the cap and last may be tilted as desired by the means above described and held by means of a set-screw ll, passing through the cap and engaging with the standard. W'hen properly adjusted, the plunger carrying the heel is to be moved downward in the usual manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a last-holding jack, the combination with a standard of a cap mounted to tilt on the standard, wedges engaging with the cap at opposite sides,a lever mounted on the standard and connecting with the wedges, the connections being at opposite sides of the leverpivot, and a locking device for the lever.

2. In combination with a jack having a cupshaped end open outward at one side, and a pin extended upward forward of said open side, of a last having its upper portion above the heel reduced to engage in the cup-shaped end of the jack, and also having an opening forward of the reduced portion to receive said pin.

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES HENRY MULLEN, JR.

3. A j aok comprisinga standard@J cap-piece havingaswinging movement on the standard, `Wedges engaging opposite interior Walls of the cap, means for operating the Wedges and 5 meansforholdiugthe Wedges asadjusted,sub l Witnesses:

stantially as speeied. JAMES H. MULLEN, Sr.,

In testimony whereof I have signed my GEORGE MULLEN. 

